Driving through wild areas of the Sahara is an adventurous, yet relaxed way of exploring desert’s beauty. It includes visiting remote places like abandoned villages, local shrines, oasis and natural reserves and staying either in a permanent camp, or wild camping. Duration & starting day: flexible. Please find our best-selling itineraries here, or contact us to create your own.
Driving by a 4×4 jeep allows to explore the most remote places in a short time. Also, it is a perfect way of discovering for those who are not so much into hiking. Each tour starts and ends in Desert Camp Chraika near an oasis town M’hamid El Ghizlane. From there there are hundreds of kilometres of untouched nature to explore.
During even just a one-day trip you will visit mighty dunes, green oasis, wells where gazelles, camels, fennec foxes and crows are frequent guests, meadows of wild rocket near Erg Chigaga, as well as areas of smaller dunes full of green tamarisk trees. You will watch the landscape changing, walk on all kinds of desert terrain: ergs, regs and hamadas, as well as visit ancient shrines, abandoned houses and military posts.
During a longer jeep safari it is possible to plan some stays in permanent camps, however, there are not so many of them, so most will be spent camping in the wild. Lunches will be cooked and served in a shade of palms or tamarisks, dinners – by the fire. Delicious nomadic cuisine will be your every day treat – cooking tajines and enjoying playing drums around a camp fire, baking bread in hot sands is an unforgettable part of the experience.
Here are some examples of routes – our most popular itineraries, which are fully flexible – possible to change, reduce or extend. If you are looking to creating your own plan, feel free to Contact us – we will be happy to provide more ideas.
Check how to pack for a desert adventure here.
Into the wild
Erg Chigaga & Sacred Oasis
Jeep tour to Erg Chigaga
1-day/1-night
A short yet rich trip showing the best of the best in just 24 hours. Starts at 10 am at Desert Camp Chraika.
What you will experience: visiting an oasis, tea with nomadic family, camel rides, sand boarding, sunset in the high dunes, accommodation in a camp among the dunes, nomadic cuisine dishes served, camp fire and live music at night.
Into the wild
Lake Iriqui & Erg Chigaga
3-day/2-night
jeep tour with wild camping
From €250 per person
Covers 300 kilometres driving through wilderness with 2 nights wild camping. The tour starts at 10 am at Desert Camp Chraika and ends on a third day late afternoon.
What you will experience: visiting an oasis, nature reserves, abandoned desert towns and shrines, driving through dry Lake Iriqui and Paris-Dakkar route, one night in Erg Chigaga, tea with nomadic family, baking bread in hot sand, cooking on the fire, live music every night, camel rides.
Into the wild
500 km
off-road
5-day/4-night
jeep tour with wild camping
From €400 per person
500 kilometres through desert wilderness. Starts at 10 am at Desert Camp Chraika and ends on the 5th day late afternoon.
What you will experience: 4 nights of wild camping, visiting an oasis, nature reserves, abandoned desert towns and shrines, driving through dry Lake Iriqui and parts of the Paris-Dakkar route, one night in Erg Chigaga, drinking tea with nomadic family, baking bread in hot ashes, sunset in the high dunes, camp fire and live music every night, camel rides.
Try a different journey:
Wind
Into the wild: camel trekking
Live a life of a nomad for some time during this journey to the very roots of the Saharawi culture. Walk with nomads and their camels, learn to cook tajines on the fire and bake bread in hot ashes, fall asleep under the Saharan sky, play drums, ride a camel, enjoy the peaceful time in the desert.
Desert in a nutshell: camel trekking & jeep safari
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